Almanac: Missile mail

by CBSTV Videos
1:58 mins

Almanac: Missile mail

by CBSTV Videos
1:58 mins

On June, 8 1959, an unmanned missile launched from a submarine delivered 3,000 pieces of U.S. mail to Mayport, Fla. As it turned out, that first test of "missile mail" was also the last. Lee Cowan reports.